UNIT 1

INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
Experimental design, control of variables, measurement, underlying assumptions
Data collection
Mathematical modeling (data analysis, interpreting graphs)
Evaluation of the pendulum model
Lab Report: presentation and defense of findings

LAB NOTES & INSTRUCTIONAL COMMENTS:
Circle Lab
Spaghetti lab
Pendulum Lab

STUDENT READING MATERIALS:
Factor-Label Method
Rearranging Algebraic Equations
Graphical methods
Significant figures
Who Used the Metric System?
Mars Probe Lost
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VIDEOS

What is Physics?



Metric ladder method.jpg



Significant Figures


Scientific Method


GRAPHING:


Graphing By Hand


Graphing by Excel



Algebraic Solving for Variables:
----More Practice at Khan Academy for solving for Variables